Sourcing Engineer

Sourcing Engineer

Sourcing Engineer

BH Job
-4473

SF Job Req  Engineer

Ingersoll Rand is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to age, ancestry, color, family or medical care leave, gender identity or expression, genetic information, marital status, medical condition, national origin, physical or mental disability, political affiliation, protected veteran status, race, religion, sex (including pregnancy), sexual orientation, or any other characteristic protected by applicable laws, regulations and ordinances.

Title:

Sourcing Engineer

Locations:
Sidney, OH;
Campbellsville, KY;
Mocksville, NC;
Buffalo, NY

Can be located at one of our Compression Systems manufacturing locations in United States

About Us

Imagine a company with technology leadership of over 160 years, yet it operates with the energy of a startup. Ingersoll Rand has dedicated itself to Making Life Better for its employees, customers, shareholders, and planets. We produce innovative and mission-critical flow creation and life science technologies - from compressors to precision handling of liquids, gasses, and powers - to increase industrial productivity, efficiency, and sustainability.

Supported by over 80+ brands, our products are used in various end-markets including life sciences, food and beverage, clean energy, industrial manufacturing, infrastructure, and more. Across the globe, we're driving growth with an entrepreneurial spirit and ownership mindset. Learn more at  and join us to own your future.

Job Overview:

We are looking for a highly skilled and motivated Sourcing Engineer to support sourcing for our Norther American compressor products. This person will be a member of our Industrial Technologies & Services Americas Sourcing Organization, supporting the development, implementation, and management of standard and engineered to order products to provide Ingersoll Rand with optimal supply assurance, pricing, flexibility, quality, and delivery performance.

The Sourcing Engineer builds and leverages strong working relationships with our engineering teams and key suppliers to ensure cost, quality, and delivery targets are met, as well as works towards good supplier relationships to achieve maximum advantage for Ingersoll Rand and our customers.

Responsibilities:

* Lead negotiations and supplier selection

* Continuously looks for new savings opportunities through analysis of data (spend, purchase price variance, etc.) and hands on review of materials in the production areas.

* Leads Request for Proposal (RFP) process with all stakeholders.

* Works with suppliers and internal team members to qualify new parts.

* Negotiates key items with suppliers including pricing, payment terms, lead time, and inventory programs.

* Records and tracks information as required for timely and accurate measure of performance regarding sourcing activities and savings.

* Support the plants to help local teams efficiently resolve escalated issues.

* Leads Procurement NPD activities through preferred supplier programs and RFQ's.

* Identify gaps to goals and collaboratively develop and support countermeasures and activities to close the gap and exceed targets.

* Work to align strategies between commodity and sector localization, plant rationalization and similar

* Works with suppliers to address significant and/or systemic issues with performance (quality, delivery, warranty, etc.) as may be required in support of plant Manufacturing, Purchasing and Quality teams

* Responsible for coordinating with commodity teams, materials, operations, engineering, finance, quality, and field operations to complete projects and achieve expected benefits within project timeline.

* Creates continuous improvement ideation sessions for responsible plants. Generate and evaluate new ideas and opportunities aligned with plant priorities and strategies.

* Participate in and represent Sourcing function during plant or product Value Analysis/Value Engineering (VAVE) or Major Model Review (MMR) events. Responsible for collecting and communicating commodity actions following event.

* Performs additional duties as assigned and participates in special projects as required.

Requirements:

* Bachelor's degree in Business, Supply Chain, Engineering or equivalent

* 5+ years' experience of progressively responsible job-related experience

* 3+ years' experience using Microsoft Office, specifically Excel and Word, is required.

* 5+ years' experience well-developed negotiation skills and assessing vendors.

* Ability to gather, analyze, and interpret data, confirming its accuracy and adequacy, and using it to drive decisions as well as present results and business cases to management

* Ability to travel up to 10%

Core Competencies:

* Complex Decision-Making

* Impeccable time-management

* Supply Chain Acumen

* Project Management

* Relationship Management

* Strong bias for action and results orientation

* Must be a self-starter; motivated with expert overall sourcing…